Carterton, New Zealand

Information about Carterton, New Zealand

Carterton is a small town in the Wellington region of New Zealand. It lies in a farming area of the Wairarapa in New Zealand's North Island. It is located 14 kilometres southwest of Masterton and 9 km north of Greytown. Its population in 2001 was 4014, with a further 2800 living in the surrounding rural district.

Founded in 1857, the town was originally known as Three Mile Bush, and served as housing for workers building the road between Wellington, New Zealand and Masterton. It was later renamed after Charles Rooking Carter. The town describes itself as New Zealand's daffodil capital.

In 1880, the Wairarapa Line railway was opened to Carterton. Trains between Carterton and Wellington had to travel over the steep and torturous Rimutaka Incline until it was replaced by the Rimutaka Tunnel in 1955. Currently, the only regular passenger service to stop at Carterton Railway Station is the Wairarapa Connection that operates multiple times daily between Wellington and Masterton.

Carterton claimed to be the first place in the world with a transsexual mayor, Georgina Beyer. Georgina went on to become the MP for Wairarapa.

Carterton was the birthplace of Sir Bob Charles, the first left-handed golfer to win a Major, the British Open in 1962.

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References

  • Reed, A. W. (2002). The Reed Dictionary of New Zealand Place Names. Auckland: Reed Books. ISBN 0-7900-0761-4. 
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Wellington region of New Zealand occupies the southern end of the North Island.

Governance

The official Wellington Region, as administered by the Wellington Regional Council (under the brand-name "Greater Wellington") covers the conurbation around the capital city,
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Wairarapa - pronounced "Why-ra-rap-a", (often known as "The Wairarapa") is a geographical region of New Zealand. It occupies the south-eastern corner of the North Island, east of metropolitan Wellington and south-west of the Hawke's Bay region.
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Masterton is a town (and local government district) in the Wellington region of New Zealand. It is the largest town in the Wairarapa, a geographical region that is separated from metropolitan Wellington by the Rimutaka ranges.
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Greytown, population 2,001 (as at the 2006 Census), is a town in the Wellington region of New Zealand. It lies in the Wairarapa, in the lower North Island. It is 80 km north-west of Wellington and 25 kilometres southwest of Masterton, on State Highway 2.
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Narcissus is the botanic name for a genus of mainly hardy, mostly spring-flowering, bulbs in the Amaryllis family native to Europe, North Africa and Asia.
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Rail transport is the transport of passengers and goods by means of wheeled vehicles specially designed to run along railways or railroads. Rail transport is part of the logistics chain, which facilitates the international trading and economic growth in most countries.
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The Rimutaka Incline was a 3 mile (5 kilometre) long, 3 ft 6 in (1067 mm) gauge railway line on an average grade of 1 in 15 between the Summit and Cross Creek stations on the original Wairarapa Line in the Wairarapa district of New Zealand.
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The Rimutaka Tunnel is a railway tunnel through New Zealand's Rimutaka Ranges, between Maymorn, near Upper Hutt, and Featherston, on the Wairarapa Line.

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The tunnel is 8.798 kilometres (5.
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Carterton Railway Station, in the Wairarapa district of New Zealand, is a single platform railway station in the town of Carterton. It is located at the corner of Wheatstone and Davy Streets, near the main shopping precinct on State Highway 2.
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The Wairarapa Connection is an interurban railway passenger service in New Zealand, between Masterton in the Wairarapa and Wellington. It is run by Wellington suburban operator Tranz Metro and thus is not considered to be a long-distance passenger service, even though Tranz
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Georgina Beyer (b 1957) was the world's first openly transsexual Member of Parliament, and from 27 November 1999 until 14 February 2007 was an MP for the Labour Party in New Zealand.
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Sir Robert James "Bob" Charles, KNZM, CBE, (born March 14, 1936) is one of the most successful left handed golfers, winner of more than 70 titles and first lefty to win one of golf’s Majors.
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The Open Championship

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Location  United Kingdom
Established 1860
Course(s) Royal Birkdale Golf Club 2008
Par 71 in 2007
Yardage 7,412 in 2007
Tour(s) PGA Tour
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geographic coordinate system enables every location on the earth to be specified by the three coordinates of a spherical coordinate system aligned with the spin axis of the Earth.
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